Dave Woods and ex-England international half-back Kevin Brown are joined by Salford Red Devils and England hooker, Andy Ackers, who tells the story of his remarkable rise from giving up the sport as a teenager to playing in last year’s World Cup. Released by both Wigan and Warrington, Ackers worked on a building site whilst playing part-time for Swinton Lions, before moving to London Broncos, Toronto Wolfpack and finally to Salford Red Devils where he fulfilled every rugby players dream of representing their country.

Why do so many rugby league players make great rugby union coaches? On this week’s podcast, Dave Woods and ex-England international half-back Kevin Brown are joined by former Great Britain international Graham Steadman who, since leaving rugby league, has worked with Munster, Cardiff Blues and both Scotland and Ireland as their defence coach in rugby union. Old Wigan teammates Andy Farrell and Shaun Edwards battled it out for Six Nations glory with Ireland and France this year, and they’re not alone in leaving their mark on the other code. Plus, memories of Melbourne ‘92, Regal Trophy finals, Challenge Cup semis and a very controversial early finish.

On this week’s podcast, Dave Woods and former England international half-back Kevin Brown are joined by Leeds Rhinos legend and TV commentator Barrie McDermott. They reflect on the incredible scenes at the Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon and the amazing work Kevin Sinfield is doing on behalf of Barrie’s former teammate. Plus, there’s tales of shoulder pads and Tabasco and they look ahead to the ties in the Sixth Round of the Challenge Cup including Wigan’s trip to Leeds following that remarkable game last week in Super League between the two clubs.

Dave Woods and former England international half-back Kevin Brown are joined by Salford Red Devils head coach Paul Rowley to discuss his side’s great start to the season, what the community share offer could mean for the club, potholes on their training pitch and the quest for silverware. Plus, they look ahead to this weekend’s intriguing fixtures and look back and laugh at the incredible sight of a bull running amok during the warm-up in Perpignan.

Dave Woods and ex-international half-back Kevin Brown are joined by former England and France head coach John Kear to look back on the two emphatic 64-0 victories achieved by England’s men and women over France last weekend. Plus, the panel look ahead to the recently confirmed end-of-season series with Tonga, they discuss what can be done to help France’s competitive development and suggest England should be heading down under before the 2025 World Cup.

For this week’s podcast, Dave Woods heads to the Palace of Westminster where he’s joined by The Speaker of the House of Commons. Sir Lindsay Hoyle is also the President of the Rugby Football League and we hear his views on why Rugby League Cares is so important, the worries and concerns he has for the future of the game and why rugby league should have a much bigger influence in his adopted city.

Dave Woods and ex-England half-back Kevin Brown are joined by seven-time Super League Grand Final winner, Jamie Jones-Buchanan. With the regular season a third of the way through, who are the winners and losers so far? We hear from England head coach Shaun Wane ahead of the forthcoming international against France and should there be a return to the Lancashire versus Yorkshire clashes of old?

On this week’s podcast, Dave Woods and ex-England half-back Kevin Brown are joined by Kruise Leeming. The former Leeds Rhinos captain somewhat surprisingly left Headingley and landed in Australia last week, ahead of his NRL debut for Gold Coast Titans at the weekend. So why did he leave Leeds, what’s life like on the Gold Coast, what are his short-term goals and will we see him back in Super League in 2024?

On this week’s podcast, Dave Woods and ex-England half-back Kevin Brown are joined by his former team-mate Dan Sarginson, who retired from the game last month aged 29. He talks very candidly about why he suddenly decided to pack it all in, battling his ego throughout his career, not being the best team-mate, his disastrous move to Australia and how he’s now found his own path to contentment.